Tuesday - December 29

Super-Aerobic
1% Incline
RPE 3-4
Longest Treadmill Run to date. I hate/love to say it -- but it was very easy start to finish. I think I'm going to buy myself a treadmill in the future.

WOW. I just stepped out onto my back deck, and it feels like what I would imagine Antarctica feels like. It's 23 degrees out, but the high winds are making the real feel temp 6 degrees. It's unbearable and intolerably cold. Looks like I'll be running at the gym today. This youtube video of Antarctica comes to mind! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2SeEzxMuE

Day 5 of my Diet and I'm down around 5 full pounds. Makes me realize how much shit and junk food I was eating on a daily basis.

Monday - December 28

Swim

50m 20s

2600.00 meters

01m 56s /100 meters

2 x 600
1 x 650
1 x 400
1 x 150 Tempo
1 x 200 Tempo

At the end of my workout, the dude next to me (who was only a few laps in) decides he wants to race! I went all out for 150. IT WAS FUN. And I beat him. We shook hands and bs'd for a few seconds afterwards. I didn't have the heart to tell him I'd just swam over 40 laps already :)

Bike

1h 03m 49s

20.55 miles

19.32 Mi/hr

Week 7, Q1
89.2 RPM!!

That was hard. Watched the second part of the LP video, Wilmington and the out and back. Wow are there A LOT of Rollers!

Sunday - December 27

Wanted to do an Aerobic Run, but was running out of light real quick. Garmin is dead, AGAIN! so I broke out the Timex Ironman watch.

Legs are feeling unbelievably strong. If I can get the weight down to 165 and I keep my running fitness where it is, I feel I have a shot at a 19:30 5k and a sub 40 10k next year.

Second run in the DS Trainers and I love them. They are light and fast. They feel like a slightly built up racing flat. Low heel and just very quick. Kind of like a stripped down Kayano.

It rained last night and all the snow is gone. I think I'll do a Trainer Run Brick today. Second day of sleeping till 10:30 ...:)

With all this sleep, the last two nights I've had the strangest dreams. Saturday night I dreamt I was late for a race, had forgotten my race chip, and minutes before the race I was begging for a new one. Last night I had a dream I was riding my P2 with my new HED C2's and I was following a kid riding a tri bike with really thick tires (like Monster Truck tires for a bike) and I kept saying, "He can't be faster than me with those thick tires." I kept trying to catch him, but I couldn't. He rode into the woods and I followed him and I went over a big jump and blew out my wheels. The aero part of my wheels looked deflated and torn and I was devastated that I destroyed my new wheels. Crazy dream :)

Saturday - December 26

Got the ride in earlier and watched the movie 'the Hangover'. Funny and amusing, but NOT what everyone made it out to be.

Kids had an unbelievable Christmas. Anna got her first bike!! Santa brought Brandon a real-working helicopter. Very Good Times :)

Most people start Resolutions on January 1st. I'm starting mine TODAY. My quest to hit my Dream Goal Weght for LP starts Today. It was nice knowing you junk food.

Week 6, Q3 tonight while watching the Ranger Game. May get a short run in beforehand. Monday starts my 'Official Structured Ironman Prep Phase'. I'm going to start the Beginner Ironman BT Plan Monday, and then transition it to the Intermediate BT 20 Week plan on March 8th. That's the Plan. God-willing, it will happen. Hopefully in 2011 I will have the potential and funds to hire a Coach.